The Last Frontier: The Social Meaning of Growing OldSAGE Publications, 1977 - 215 strán (strany) How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description. |
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Strana 82
... Theory of Disengagement The relaxers can now be examined in their relationship to various theories . They provide some evidence bearing on a popular , if often controversial , theory of the aged : the theory of disengagement . Elaine ...
... Theory of Disengagement The relaxers can now be examined in their relationship to various theories . They provide some evidence bearing on a popular , if often controversial , theory of the aged : the theory of disengagement . Elaine ...
Strana 109
... theory finds support in some cases , and her theory is certainly important in its contribution to an under- standing of a life - long aging process . However , its attempt to encompass the whole life - span is too formidable an obstacle ...
... theory finds support in some cases , and her theory is certainly important in its contribution to an under- standing of a life - long aging process . However , its attempt to encompass the whole life - span is too formidable an obstacle ...
Strana 145
... theory of the aged , symbolic interactionism , and it is to this theory that at- tention shall be turned now in order to provide a conceptual frame for the data that follow . Symbolic Interactionist Theory 8 Symbolic Interactionism ...
... theory of the aged , symbolic interactionism , and it is to this theory that at- tention shall be turned now in order to provide a conceptual frame for the data that follow . Symbolic Interactionist Theory 8 Symbolic Interactionism ...
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